Vampire (roller Coaster)

Vampire (roller Coaster)

|image=Vampire Chessington world of adventures |name=Vampiregton.jpg |imagedimensions=250px |caption=Vampire's seconds lift hill and drop. |location=Chessington World of Adventures |section=Transylvania |type=Steel |type2=Suspended |status=Open |opened=April 11, 1990

Vampire is an Arrow suspended swinging roller coaster at Chessington World of Adventures theme park in London, England. It opened in 1990 in the new Transylvania area, and was designed by John Wardley. It originally featured bat-themed trains, which were later replaced with floor less models. The trains hang from the track, and swing freely as the roller coaster completes the course. It has two lift hills, featuring many dives and turns throughout. Towards the end, the ride has a sudden drop into a sharp banked curve through a tunnel before entering the break run.

The ride station is heavily themed as a very gothic abbey, using dim lighting and dramatic music. The queueline takes riders through a graveyard, before heading through a crypt and dark corridor which leads to the loading platform. Of particular note is the animatronic organist within the station which 'plays' a large pipe organ along to the theme music close to entering the grave yard themed area.